[Desktop_architects] Shouldn't distros and ISVs ensure that security updates get deployed promptly?

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Wed Feb 4 07:38:07 PST 2009


On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Hubert Figuiere <hub at figuiere.net> wrote:
> PackageKit + the openSUSE Build Service (yes it can build package for
> Fedora, RHEL, Mdv, Debian and Ubuntu as well, so it is not specific to
> SUSE).
> PackageKit is what openSUSE now uses for update notification. With a
> different backend it work with other distro. (PackageKit is developped
> by RH folks :-) )
> openSUSE Build Service would be on the software vendor side to build
> binaries for the distro the use is using a providing repositories.

We don't need the opensuse build service, as we simply build
LSB-ish packages that run everywhere.

The question is how to reliably trigger silent
daily updates, and to do it in a way that does not
surprise/disappoint/annoy users or administrators.
- Dan


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